July 8, 2014— -- Vials of the virus that causes smallpox were found in a National Institutes of Health research building that was unequipped and unapproved to handle the deadly pathogen ...

This isn’t the first time lab workers have stumbled across smallpox samples - in 2014, six vials were found in an unused storage room at the National Institutes of Health campus in Maryland.

“The frozen vials labeled ‘Smallpox’ were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker while cleaning out a freezer in a facility that conducts vaccine research in Pennsylvania.

Vials labeled “smallpox” were found in a Pennsylvania facility. 6abc; AP “The laboratory worker who discovered the vials was wearing gloves and a face mask.

Hundreds of vials containing live viruses have gone missing from a laboratory in Australia, sparking an investigation. Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls announced today that 323 samples of ...

In a truly unsettling turn of events, Australia is facing a major public health crisis after 323 vials containing deadly viruses mysteriously disappeared from a laboratory in Queensland. Among the ...

Smallpox was discovered among more than 300 vials in a cold-storage area in a Food and Drug Administration lab on July 1. Among the labels on those vials: dengue, influenza and Q fever.

Lab worker finds vials labeled ‘smallpox’ at Merck facility by: Maureen Breslin, The Hill via Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Nov 17, 2021 / 07:46 PM EST Updated: Nov 17, 2021 / 07:46 PM EST ...